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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in digital education technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Kirkwood Community College to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these significant new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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